Plans for Sir Peter Jackson to direct an episode of Doctor Who in New Zealand are advancing.

Jackson described the plans as "actually kind of serious" while promoting The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Europe.

"I'd love to try my hand at television, because I've never had the discipline of having to shoot for those impossibly tiny schedules. I think I could do it OK now," Jackson said.

"I did suggest that they did a New Zealand story - something to do with the All Blacks versus the Daleks. There's a good story in there, although obviously the All Blacks would have to win!"

The Daleks would surrender once they see the Haka.

Alidar Jarok

December 13 2013 02:48 AM

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It would be amusing to me if the episode ended up involving something that kind of was a dragon.

The Wormhole

December 13 2013 02:53 AM

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*Obligatory joke about it being over three hours on the Blu-ray special edition.*

Skywalker

December 13 2013 03:10 AM

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Please, please, please let this happen.

The Mirrorball Man

December 13 2013 03:25 AM

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Peter Jackson is one of the few people who could make a fantastic Slitheen episode.

Professor Zoom

December 13 2013 05:16 AM

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I don't know. He's not god. He did direct Lovely Bones which is a pretty bad film. After all of these past EPPIIIIIICCCCC films, I wonder if he could do something small and more character driven.

sttngfan1701d

December 13 2013 07:03 AM

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If they prevent him from using 48FPS filming stuff, I'd like to see it. He can do epic. But if you give him too many toys or a blank canvas it might turn out....wonky. The first Hobbit film was horrible.

Skywalker

December 13 2013 07:46 AM

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It actually wasn't horrible. Not as good as its predecessors, but far from horrible. That said, if Jackson ever does direct an episode of Doctor Who, he will be constrained by budget. So I wouldn't go in expecting him to use all these fancy filming techniques he can get away with on his massively-budgeted feature film projects.

The Mirrorball Man

December 13 2013 08:06 AM

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Braindead cost 3 million dollars. I'm sure Sir Peter can manage.

Skywalker

December 13 2013 08:09 AM

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Agreed.

sttngfan1701d

December 13 2013 08:24 AM

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Quote:

Hanukkah Solo wrote:
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It actually wasn't horrible. Not as good as its predecessors, but far from horrible. That said, if Jackson ever does direct an episode of Doctor Who, he will be constrained by budget. So I wouldn't go in expecting him to use all these fancy filming techniques he can get away with on his massively-budgeted feature film projects.

Maybe my expectations were too high, but I felt hugely let down by it. The pacing was off to a large degree. I also didn't like that it felt like I was watching an XBox game. Too smooth. Too glassy. If this is the future of movies, I don't like it.

Starkers

December 13 2013 09:43 AM

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If it's the Peter Jackson who made Heavenly Creatures then I'm in, if it's the Peter Jackson who made King Kong and who no longer seems to be able to edit his work then not so much...

Professor Zoom

December 13 2013 05:43 PM

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Starkers wrote:
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If it's the Peter Jackson who made Heavenly Creatures then I'm in, if it's the Peter Jackson who made King Kong and who no longer seems to be able to edit his work then not so much...

He wouldn't have much choice about editing. It needs to fit in a time slot.

Worf2DS9

December 13 2013 06:40 PM

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Surely this episode would be an epic two-part story. They wouldn't bring someone in like Jackson for just a single episode, would they?

Sindatur

December 13 2013 06:52 PM

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Worf2DS9 wrote:
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Surely this episode would be an epic two-part story. They wouldn't bring someone in like Jackson for just a single episode, would they?

Also, if it's actually going to be on location in New Zealand, it seems a two-parter would be easier on the budget